Sailor · 2015–2025

Bill McNiven

bermuda fleet IOD Viper 640

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Events: 4
Win rate: 0
Podium rate: 0
Typically beats: 53%

Nemesis: Lawrence Crispin
Best day: 21 Jun 2024
Signature result: 9th of 32

Partnerships · 7 sailors

Patrick Cooper · Bermuda - 1, Patrick Cooper · IOD 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 18 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 10th · Jun 2024 – Sep 2025
Andrew Butterworth · Bermuda - 1, Patrick Cooper · IOD 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 18 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 10th · Jun 2024 – Sep 2025
Douglas De Couto · Man o' war, Man O'War · Viper 640 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 15 races won Beat 57% of the fleet together · best 9th · Mar 2015 – Nov 2016
Martin Siese · Bermuda - 1, Patrick Cooper · IOD 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 18 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 10th · Jun 2024 – Sep 2025
Craig Davis · Bermuda - 1 · IOD 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 8 races won Beat 53% of the fleet together · best 10th · Jun 2024 – Jun 2024
Melinda Bessey · Patrick Cooper · IOD 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 10 races won Beat 47% of the fleet together · best 11th · Sep 2025 – Sep 2025
Phil Worboys · Man O'War · Viper 640 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 40% of the fleet together · best 25th · Nov 2016 – Nov 2016

Lift shows how much better this sailor finishes with that partner aboard.

Rating history

Event history · 4

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
6 Sep 2025	2025 International One-Design Class World Championship	Patrick Cooper	IOD	Crew	11th / 20
17 Jun 2024	IOD World Championship	Bermuda - 1	IOD	Crew	10th / 20
16 Nov 2016	Aspen Viper 640 International Championship presented by EFG	Man O'War	Viper 640	Other	25th / 41
4 Mar 2015	2015 Bacardi Miami Sailing Week	Man o' war	Viper 640	Other	9th / 32

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	101 provisional	#28391 band 14754–46238	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

IOD · Crew · 18 races, 2 events · rating 86
Viper 640 · Crew · 15 races, 2 events · rating 4

Rank among sailors with a substantial record, all time. In brackets, the ranks this rating cannot be told apart from. Impact is the points of fleet beaten that this sailor adds.

Helm and crew

As helm	0 events	0 wins	beats —
As crew	4 events	0 wins	beats 54%

How they race

Closer	−13 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	+4 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Thomas Fremont-Smith	18	7–11
John Burnham	18	5–13
John Henry	18	9–9
Rolf Andreasson	18	13–5
Henry Maxwell	18	8–10
Peter Wickwire	18	7–11
Bill Widnall	18	8–10
Peter McCausland	16	9–7
Jonathan Farrar	16	6–10
Travis Yates	15	7–8
Steve Chapman	15	11–4
Andrew Weiss	15	9–6

Most-beaten opponent: Rolf Andreasson (13–5).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2025	1	47%
2024	1	53%
2016	1	40%
2015	1	74%

Boats

Patrick Cooper · IOD · 1 events · 2025
Bermuda - 1 · IOD · 1 events · 2024
Man O'War · Viper 640 · 1 events · 2016
Man o' war · Viper 640 · 1 events · 2015

Where they race

Northeast Harbor, ME · 1 events
Pembroke, Hamilton, Bermuda · 1 events
Unknown · 1 events
Miami, FL, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 101, #28,391. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.